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Lynda Levin, right, looks on as Cheryl Goodman decorates a stone during a vigil to honor of the October 7, 2023 terrorist attacks in Israel at the Jewish Federation of Northwest Indiana in Munster, Indiana Wednesday October 7, 2026. The stones will be added to memorial rock garden outside the federation. (Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)

Jewish Federation of NWI remembers victims of Oct. 7 massacre

By Jim Masters

October 8, 2026 at 1:40 p.m.

Many members of the Jewish Federation of Northwest Indiana knew a family member, friend or...

FILE – Television evangelist Jim Bakker poses in front of the Water Park in Columbia, SC, one of the attractions at his Heritage USA, March 19, 1987. (AP Photo/Lou Krasky, File)

Jim Bakker, who lost his ‘PTL Club’ televangelism empire in sex and money scandals, dies at 86

By Jim Salter

October 6, 2026 at 6:16 a.m.

Jim Bakker, who along with his first wife Tammy Faye built an evangelical empire around...

President Jimmy Carter and Pope John Paul II are shown at the White House Saturday, Oct. 6, 1979. (AP Photo)

Today in History: Pope John Paul II visits the White House

By Associated Press

October 6, 2026 at 3:30 a.m.

On Oct. 6, 1979, Pope John Paul II, on a weeklong U.S. tour, became the...

Pope Leo XIV urges the faithful on Christmas to shed indifference in the face of suffering

By Silvia Stellacci

December 25, 2025 at 8:36 a.m.

Pope Leo XIV during his first Christmas Day message on Thursday urged the faithful to...

Musicians, from left, baritone Ryan Cox, conductor Mary Hopper, mezzo soprano Janet Mensen Reynolds, tenor Joseph Fosselman, soprano Olivia Doig and her 4-year-old daughter

gather after performing Handel’s Messiah last week at Emmanuel Episcopal Church in La Grange. (Hank Beckman/Pioneer Press)

Emmanuel Episcopal brings world class musicians to La Grange for ‘Messiah’ performance

By Hank Beckman

December 25, 2025 at 5:06 a.m.

The crowd became the chorus last week as La Grange’s Emmanuel Episcopal Church brought to...

Pope Leo XIV blesses the crowd with holy water during his installation Mass in St. Peter’s Square on May 18, 2025, at the Vatican. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Pope Leo XIV’s historic rise forges special Vatican connections for Chicago

By Angie Leventis Lourgos

December 25, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Seven months into his papacy, Pope Leo XIV's Chicago roots have helped frame both his...

Latin Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the top Catholic clergyman in the Holy Land, arrives at the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus, on Christmas Eve, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Faithful return to Bethlehem and Pope Leo XIV celebrates his first Christmas Eve Mass at St. Peter’s

By Melanie Lidman

December 24, 2025 at 10:51 p.m.

Thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem’s Manger Square on Christmas Eve as families there and...

Faith leaders and other participants pray for detainees and staff that were inside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding facility in Broadview on Dec. 24, 2025. The faith leaders were denied entry to the facility to offer pastoral care. (Dominic Di Palermo/baiduhai)

Faith leaders denied access to pray in Broadview ICE facility on Christmas Eve

By Laura Turbay

December 24, 2025 at 3:47 p.m.

The faith leaders who were turned away instead led a prayer and sang hymns near...

Pope Leo XIV talks to journalists as he leaves the Castel Gandolfo residence to head to the Vatican, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope disappointed over approval of assisted suicide legislation in his home state of Illinois

By Paolo Santalucia

December 23, 2025 at 5:00 p.m.

Pope Leo XIV said Tuesday he was “very disappointed” that his home state of Illinois...

Members of Chabad of Northwest Indiana sing as their menorah is lit on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Remembering the light amid dark times

By Michelle L. Quinn

December 21, 2025 at 1:45 p.m.

In a particularly long, absurd year marked by violence toward Jewish people across the world,...

Kathleen Ericksen uses American Sign Language to speak with Robert before a Mass Dec. 13 at Our Lady of the Woods Catholic Church in Orland Park. (Melinda Moore/Daily Southtown)

Sign language Masses ‘rooted in compassion,’ build relationships with deaf community

By Melinda Moore

December 23, 2025 at 10:11 a.m.

It’s not always easy for Christians who are deaf or hard of hearing to find...

Pope Leo XIV greets faithful as he arrives in St. Peter’s Square on the occasion of the last Jubilee audience, at the Vatican, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Leo XIV summons world’s cardinals for a key assembly to help him govern the church

By Associated Press

December 20, 2025 at 12:54 p.m.

Pope Leo XIV has summoned the world’s cardinals for two days of meetings to help...

FILE – Christmas trees and Santa Clauses decorate the entrance to the beach in Haffkrug, northern Germany, Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. (Photo/Michael Probst, File)

Everything you need to know about Christmas — and how it has evolved into a global holiday

By Luis Andres Henao

December 20, 2025 at 11:54 a.m.

Originally a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus, Christmas has evolved into a global...